“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, which encourages fellow bloggers to spotlight upcoming releases that we’re excited about. However, as Jill is no longer actively posting, from now on I’ll be linking to Can’t Wait Wednesday, hosted by Tressa at Wishful Endings, which is a spinoff of the original WoW meme.
Today’s selection and book I’m excitedly awaiting is:
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
by Axie Oh
Young Adult – Fantasy – Mythology – Retelling
February 22nd 2022
Goodreads
Deadly storms have ravaged Mina’s homeland for generations. Floods sweep away entire villages, while bloody wars are waged over the few remaining resources. Her people believe the Sea God, once their protector, now curses them with death and despair. In an attempt to appease him, each year a beautiful maiden is thrown into the sea to serve as the Sea God’s bride, in the hopes that one day the “true bride” will be chosen and end the suffering.
Many believe that Shim Cheong, the most beautiful girl in the village—and the beloved of Mina’s older brother Joon—may be the legendary true bride. But on the night Cheong is to be sacrificed, Joon follows Cheong out to sea, even knowing that to interfere is a death sentence. To save her brother, Mina throws herself into the water in Cheong’s stead.
Swept away to the Spirit Realm, a magical city of lesser gods and mythical beasts, Mina seeks out the Sea God, only to find him caught in an enchanted sleep. With the help of a mysterious young man named Shin—as well as a motley crew of demons, gods and spirits—Mina sets out to wake the Sea God and bring an end to the killer storms once and for all.
But she doesn’t have much time: A human cannot live long in the land of the spirits. And there are those who would do anything to keep the Sea God from waking…
First of all, have you seen this cover? It is absolutely gorgeous and may be the most beautiful cover of 2022 already.
Secondly, this tale is a retelling of Korean mythology, namely The Tale of Shim Cheong and I am here for all the Korean mythology retellings! It sounds like a fantastical tale and I can’t wait to read it.
And thirdly, I read and loved Axie Oh’s contemporary novel XOXO last year, so I’m super excited to try more of her writing.
Tell Me:
Will you be reading this book?
Oh, wow, what a beautiful cover!
It’s a gorgeous cover indeed!
This sounds amazing! And the cover is so gorgeous! 😍
It is such a beautiful cover indeed!
Beautiful cover and I love the sound of it!
It is such a pretty cover indeed!
The cover is stunning and it sounds so good!
It is such a stunning cover indeed!